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What we're building next

A living plan of the things we're working on for DotClock — the device firmware AND the site you're reading. Vote on what matters to you and we'll prioritise. One vote per visitor per item.

2 in progress · 7 ideas · 5 shipped · 11 total votes

In progress

2

  • Apple Pay & Google Pay one-tap checkout

    Tap Pay from the Buy section without ever opening the cart. Stripe Express Checkout for buyers who've decided.

    commerce

  • Owner photo gallery

    Buyers upload photos of their DotClock “in the wild” — tagged by city, browsable, doubles as social proof.

    community

Planned next

2

  • Referral codes

    Share a code with a friend: €15 off for them, €15 off for you on a future order.

    commerce

  • Real-time shipment tracking

    Your /orders page shows actual carrier-tracking events (DHL / UPS / USPS) instead of the generic “shipped” pill.

    account

Ideas — you vote, we prioritise

7

  • Home Assistant integration

    MQTT-publish your current banner state + accept commands. Make DotClock part of your scenes (e.g., display door-open alerts).

    smart-home

  • Quiet during meetings

    Connect your calendar — the panel auto-dims to amber while you're in a meeting, brightens when it ends.

    banner-moduleprivacy

  • Spotify / Apple Music now-playing

    Scroll the song + artist currently playing on your account. No always-on listening, just the now-playing API.

    banner-module

  • Stocks / index ticker

    Add tickers you care about to the banner — opt-in, on-device fetch, never shows during night mode.

    banner-module

  • Custom pixel-font upload

    Drop a BDF / PCF file onto the web UI, see it on the panel in real time. Includes a font validator.

    customisation

  • Multi-device sync

    Own more than one? Push your config to all of them at once from a single web UI. No account required — uses mDNS.

    customisation

  • Local transit departures

    Live departures for the stop near your home. London, Milan, Madrid, Berlin, Tokyo to start — opt-in by city.

    banner-module

Already shipped

5

  • DotClock vs LaMetric / Vestaboard / Tidbyt page

    2026-05-25

    An honest side-by-side comparison. Display, materials, fees, alerts, languages, warranty — no marketing spin.

    site
    Shipped

  • 17-language interface

    2026-05-25

    DotClock site now ships in English, Italian, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Polish, Russian, Turkish, Hebrew, Arabic, Berber, Hindi, Malayalam, Vietnamese, Mandarin, Korean and Japanese.

    site
    Shipped

  • Live batch inventory + ship-by date

    2026-05-25

    Buy section shows how many units are left in the current production batch and an honest ships-by date.

    commerce
    Shipped

  • Currency auto-switch by visitor country

    2026-05-25

    EUR for Europe, USD for US visitors, INR for India, etc. Stripe still charges in EUR — display only.

    commerce
    Shipped

  • Over-the-air firmware updates

    2026-01-10

    Opt-in OTA on the device. Weekly check, background download, applied at next reboot with automatic rollback if the new build fails its integrity check.

    firmware
    Shipped